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Knee pads

Ok so I know some jokes will be coming buy I'm in need of knee pads. I'm doing 95% commercial refrigeration and am getting what my doctor calls a second knee cap. It's excruciating. Does anybody have some recomendations. Please help!!!! Does anybody have any other ideas? I considered a pad like a gel mat that I would bring to each call and set down to work on.

Ok so I know some jokes will be coming buy I'm in need of knee pads. I'm doing 95% commercial refrigeration and am getting what my doctor calls a second knee cap. It's excruciating. Does anybody have some recomendations. Please help!!!! Does anybody have any other ideas? I considered a pad like a gel mat that I would bring to each call and set down to work on.

I have a pair of cow hide leather pads lined in a double layer of "horse blanket" material. They are over 15 years old (Uncle gave them to me a few years back).

I have tried velcro straps but they stretch out in a very short time. Y leather pads have buckled straps to hold them to my legs. They stand up to anything I have kneeled on so far.

The plastic pads I had cracked in a short time after the the velcro stretched out.

You can kneel on them, lay on them, and use on a milk crate or bucket to sit on.

You can try but I wouldnt bother with mats made by anyone else.
I used some cheap ones for years but nothing has been as comfortable or has held up as long as that one (Mine's branded by Kuny's)

I also wear 5.11 Tac-lite Pro pants that have a knee pad pocket on the inside. I've actually stuffed two of their thin neoprene pads in each leg and you can still hardly tell they are there. The best part is they never slip and there's no strap to irritate the back of your leg.

Use a Boat Cushion/Life Preserver. They are nice and thick, there are several layers of foam inside them so they will shift taking the tugging pressure off your knees. Never did like the strap on ones, as they always cut my circulation off.

I'm never comfortable in kneepads. Instead I use a piece of closed cell foam (blue or pink stuff 1 to 2"). It's readily available, comfortable, and inexpensive so you can leave pieces at frequent locations.